Magazine

fashion magazines have women drooling over makeup, clothing, and shoes that promise to transform their life. Magazines seem to attract the reader with phrases such as, “How to Look Hot Now” (see fig. 1), “Eat Your Way Thin” (see fig. 2), and “New body, New look, New life” (see fig. 3) in bold and colourful fonts. Headlines such as these seem to promise that a reader's flaws will easily be fixed by reading the advice within the magazine. With so many options, the choice of which fashion magazine…

Analysis paper 2 Magazines are one of the more common ways for people getting current news, whether those people be adults, teenagers or even young kids, they all have magazines that are aimed toward a specific age bracket. Some of the more risqué ads are showing up more and more in all different types of magazines. Fashion magazines are one of the more common types to have the revealing or controversial ads, such as in 2007 Dolce and Gabbana released an ad (see back page) that generated a lot…

encompass numerous types of advertising in various forms, especially in a digital society. Magazines are one of the many forms that embodies advertising and that has also seen the decline of hard copies due to the digital form access. However, many still prefer the hard copy magazines as its easier to read. Magazines such as Vogue’s December 2017 issue and Cosmopolitan December 2017 are both lifestyle and fashion magazines that clearly target women however, have numerous of differences and…

One pioneering, non-profit publication, Adbusters Magazine, seeks to shift cultural values, by using their design influence to sell ideas, rather than products. Embedded in social activism, the publication feels corporations are at fault for corrupting social environments, and aim to alleviate their efforts through a political process called “culture jamming.” By harnessing the power of their design skills for the benefit of humanity, Adbusters creates billboards, TV spots and advertisements…

History Dwell is an American based magazine that is dedicated to modern architecture and design of homes. Launched in October 2000 by founder Lara Hedberg Deam, Dwell has since been published in numerous domestic and international titles, from Condé Nast Traveler, Los Angeles Magazine, Urbis, Vogue Living and Elle Décor UK (Wiki 2015). Dwell describes itself as being somewhere between an architecture trade publication and a consumer shelter magazine, pulling successfully from both of these…

Cosmopolitan Magazine The cosmopolitan magazine is designed for women to feel sexy and how they can attract men. The magazine mainly focus on the sexual wellness of women and explores how women can change or improve their lifestyle. The magazine has been successful in reaching out to global audience and it has differentiated itself from other magazines in its category. Cosmopolitan’s target market are women between the ages of 18 to 34 years. Women in this age group are considered as adults in…

Advertising When you go to the newsstand and buy your favorite magazine, the profit from that sale makes money for the magazine. However, there is very little profit in this type of sale, called single copy sale, once you factor in the price it costs to make the magazine, the cost to transport it to the newsstand and the commission the magazine company must pay the newsstand company for providing space to sell its magazine. Magazines make far more money from subscriptions since they cut out at…

Swiatkowska was testing out the hypothesis in which the relationship between women’s magazine consumption frequency and depression is mediated by level of body dissatisfaction (Swiatkowski). There was already a study testing similar hypothesis with fashion magazines concluding that they increase drive for thinness and level of body dissatisfaction, but Paulina Swiatkowska is looking for the relationship between magazine consumption and psychological health in a sociocultural context.…

drawn to an advertisement because the first thing that you see is a pretty and hot women? Magazines have been around for several decades but even though only a few people reads them, they still influence old and modern day society. The article, “Sex, Lies, & Advertising” by Gloria Steinam tries to offer a better understanding into the magazine industry and how they operate. Steinam talks about how all magazine companies uses feminism to sale their product. She explains that within each…

READING ANALYSIS REPORT: POPULAR MAGAZINES COMPARED TO ACADEMIC JOURNALS Name: Zachary Junzheng Wang Student Number: 101022583 Course and Section: ESLA 1500 D Date Submitted: 2015/09/23 Assignment Type: Report essay Introduction In university life, the students will contact many types of articles especially journal articles. Journal articles are different from popular magazines by many points. It is important to recognize different types of articles for university students, if you…